Aphex Twin in General Reviews

After an almost ten year wait i finnally had the pleasure of seeing "aphex twin"live at the oxygen music festival here in ireland last summer,few artists in any genre of music could boast to having achieved what this artist has over an almost twenty year career,to have such longevity and still maintain your integrity is no mean feat,to ...  Read the complete review

I just couldn't decide which Aphex Twin album to review, so I thought I'd just give an overview of the man himself and tell you a little bit about some of his best works. You could be forgiven for hearing the name Aphex Twin, without actually thinking that you've heard any of his music. Everyone from Radiohead to Limp Bizkit guitarist ...  Read the complete review

Richard D. James is known by several different aliases including AFX, Polygon Window, Caustic Window, The Dice Man and, his most renowned, Aphex Twin. Throughout the 80's and 90's James has proven himself to be arguably the closest comparison to Mozart in modern times. How so? Just listen to his music. The majority of it contains such ...  Read the complete review

Richard D James, aka Aphex Twin (alongside many other monikers) is a genius. That, I am afraid, is a fact. It’s truth value cannot be disputed. The manner in which Richard D James makes electronic music (braindance being his term for it) is unique. Percussion is substituted for instruments, intruments and assorted noises are used as ...  Read the complete review

Released in 1996, the 'Girl/Boy EP' was the first Aphex Twin release I bought. Like much of his work of this period, the title track (taken from the 'Richard D. James' album) is a beautiful orchestration of melodic strings and horns being attacked by ferociously complicated, fractured beat pattern. The first time I ...  Read the complete review

What makes this album special? Is it the primitive production, and deliberate hiss in the background? It's hard to say, but this collection of songs recored over a 7 year period has a magical, soothing quality to it. The production quality may not be up to modern standerds, but Richard James has certainly, in my mind, produced to definitive ...  Read the complete review

I have only heard a selection of aphex tin songs, but from what i can tell they are pretty good. I especially like their selected ambient works album. I really like the video to come to daddy, that bit where he is screaming at that old lady is such an image! The window licker video is also very good. If you want to see these videos mtv2 on sky ...  Read the complete review

Wow! Richard D. James is the greatest living musician. In years to come he will be placed alongside the likes of Mozart, Beethoven and Radiohead. If you have never heard anything by this twisted freak, I suggest you leave your computer this second and rush to your local record shop. Aphex twins music is hard to describe. Rephlex ...  Read the complete review